General Information Location: Perimeter Trail Leaf: 4 - 8 Whorls Small and thin Green Flower: Small white clustered near the stem Stem: Rough green straight About 2 feet
Habitat: Forest and Rocky ledges
Ranges: Almost all of America
Value and Importance Ecological Connection: The main food for the Tiger Moth caterpillar.
Human Connection: The leaves and flowers are used medicinally for lymph swellings, jaundice, and wounds.
Fact: It's called bedstraw because people used to stuff their beds with it to keep bugs away.
Bedstraw
Galium pemilumGeneral Information
Location: Perimeter Trail
Leaf: 4 - 8 Whorls Small and thin Green
Flower: Small white clustered near the stem
Stem: Rough green straight About 2 feet
Habitat: Forest and Rocky ledges
Ranges: Almost all of America
Value and Importance
Ecological Connection: The main food for the Tiger Moth caterpillar.
Human Connection: The leaves and flowers are used medicinally for lymph swellings, jaundice, and wounds.
Fact: It's called bedstraw because people used to stuff their beds with it to keep bugs away.